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  • On hope and seeking common cause in 2024

    We can’t make systemic changes without looking at the system.

    We can’t make systemic changes without looking at the system.

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Research for Communities

    Poverty and Education in a low-income suburb It is outrageous that large numbers of children starting school in Winnipeg year after year are so poorly prepared that they are, relative to other kids, behind the “start line” from the beginning. In a great many cases they never catch up. Their…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Placing Community at the Heart of the Recovery from COVID

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, February 23, 2022 While the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of ending anytime soon, public debates have shifted from emergency response to re-opening and returning to normal. As the recent truckers’ convoy has made clear, some would prefer the re-opening happen immediately, with…

  • BC First Nations are poised to lead the renewable energy transition

    These are exciting times in British Columbia for those interested in building sustainable, just and climate-friendly energy systems. The recent change in government could mean a shift away from a corporate agenda driven by the needs of a massively energy-intensive fracking and LNG industry towards one that prioritizes action on…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Bill 64 an organized abandonment of racialized communities

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Friday May 7, 2021 When it comes to the problem of racism in Canada’s education system, racism is built into the very system. So, what is “new” with the government of Manitoba’s Bill 64? If passed into law, it will further entrench systemic…

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    After the rush: Fort Nelson needs firm government commitments to reclaim lands abandoned by fossil fuel industry

    In the face of the economic fallout from COVID-19, it’s easy to forget that some communities in British Columbia were in deep fiscal distress long before the pandemic began. Fort Nelson is a good example, and a textbook case of why senior levels of government need to be mindful when…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Tax cut policies stall affordable housing action

    Previouly published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 26, 2023 This month the Right to Housing Coalition released a Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba, based on years of research and lived experience. The comprehensive plan, built on five-pillars, if implemented, would address the dire shortage of housing for low-income…

  • October 2004: Nortel Implicated in Disastrous Liquidation of Columbia’s Telecom

    Nortel Networks, Canada’s largest high-tech corporation, has helped bring about the liquidation of TELECOM, Colombia’s biggest telecommunications company, and the likely privatization of its successor. Brampton-based Nortel has assets of U.S.$15.8 billion, 37,000 employees and a presence in 150 countries. Plummeting global demand for telecommunications equipment and poor management have…

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    Great news for human rights in BC!

    On November 27, sixteen years after the previous government abolished it, the BC government passed legislation to bring back the BC Human Rights Commission. Human rights commissions play a vital role in promoting, defending and protecting human rights. Commissions across the country work to prevent abuses by building awareness of…

  • What would it look like if Canada respected Indigenous rights?

    New course seeks to fulfil Truth and Reconciliation goals by teaching Indigenous law

    New course seeks to fulfil Truth and Reconciliation goals by teaching Indigenous law

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    Unprecedented increases to living wages—New Report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax/Kjipuktuk—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia has released its annual living wage update for Nova Scotia. The new wages for two adults working full-time (35 hours a week) to support two children are: $25.40 for Annapolis Valley, $22.85 for Cape Breton, $26.50…

  • Would pharmacare spell trouble for drug companies?

    The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the issue of prescription drug access back to the fore as questions of affordable access became international news in March. However, the question of how to guarantee access to necessary medications for Canadians is not new. During the last federal election, calls for a…